Persuasive Essay

We all know the stress that school puts on our lives.  Each and every minute, hour, and day add up.  That’s why the English nine class needs a fiesta.

            This essay is being written to point out the effect that strenuous work has on kids in school.  It also will show what we can do to prevent overload. 

            Just a short while ago, a Faculty Senate voted to “strongly discourage teachers from assigning homework over academic breaks.”  The vote had a favor of 46 to 2.  Teachers have been urged to refrain from “assignments that require academic work over scheduled breaks, at least once a semester.”  Many students have busy schedules over these academic breaks and do not have adequate time to complete the homework they have been assigned.  The purpose of scheduling academic breaks is so that students will have a break from their stressful life. 

Studies have been taken by psychologists to see how effectively kids do their homework over these breaks.  The results were not very promising.  They discovered that about 5 out of 10 kids that are assigned homework over breaks do not even complete the assignments.  Another 3 out of 10 wait until the night before they are expected to return, and then do their work.  Finally, 2 out of the 10 accomplish the task in a legitimate amount of time during their break.  As I mentioned before, these results are not very good.

EPC Professor, Bruce Levitt, says, “It’s not really enforceable, but it might make professors think twice about overburdening students with work during breaks.”  He also commented, “This resolution was important for showing tremendous amount of care and concern for students stress.  I strongly agree with his statements and I think there should be more of an effort to support those points. 

Another academic struggle that some people are being faced with right now are the breaks during each school day.  Many researchers and psychologists have come to the conclusion that each break should be the student’s time of rest.  It is there only to take a break during the day and it helps control mental stress and emotions.  This seems to be very important for us to be aware of as well.  I think that in this case, teacher should leave an allotted amount of time to work and ask questions at the end of each class period. 

This is where my request for a fiesta is introduced.  After looking at all the records and statistics, I believe that having a fiesta would be a great way for us to get a much-needed break.  If we do this, it will help us all, including Mrs. Pollema, because she would not have to lesson plan or teach material. 

In having a fiesta, we could learn important facts about taking time out to rest when we’re all working later on in life.  This would be a great learning experience for all of us students and great fun for everyone as well.